
217Web Map Production
• For controlling map graphics that you created yourself in a design
application (e.g., a cartogram designed in Adobe Illustrator exported
as an SVG); and
• For embedding your maps within a Web page in more nuanced and
complicated ways than might be possible with API-based maps.
Avenza MAPublisher
Perhaps one of the most overlooked mapping tools available today is
Avenza MAPublisher (http://www.avenza.com). Avenza MAPublisher is a
plug-in but not for Web browsers. Instead, it is a program that runs within
Adobe Illustrator. It adds many GIS and cartography tools to the already-
powerful graphic design capabilities of the A ...